CONTENTS. Ill 



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 Melons, squashes, and vegetables at the Southern Coast Range Substation, A. V. 



Stubenrauch .. 254 



Garden vegetables and various trees, E. J. Wickson 254 



Effects of fertilization on citrus fruits, G. E. Colby and E. W. Hilgard 250 



Analyses of oranges, lemons, and pomelos, G. E. Colby 255 



Proximate analyses of prunes, plums, dried fruits, and raisins, G. E. Colby 255 



Report of injury to fruit trees during the winter of 1895-96, S. A. Beach and 



C. P. Close 251 



Observations on cover crops for orchards, S. A. Beach and C. P. Close 251 



Testing fruits, S. A. Beach, W. Paddock, and C. P. Close 254 



Almonds, peaches, and nectarines at the Southern California Substation, C. H. 



Shinn and J. W. Mills 254 



Thinning fruit, S. A. Beach 254 



Orchard fruits and date palms at the San Joaquin Valley Culture Substation, 



C. H. Shinn 254 



Orchard and small fruits, trees, shrubs, and other plants at the Southern Cali- 

 fornia Substation, C. H. Shinn 254 



Olives and olive oil, A. P. Hayne 255 



Analyses of California olives, G. E. Colby 255 



New apparatus for crushing olives 255 



Experiments with fruits, J. L. Budd 252 



Examination of sulphured (bleached) fruit 255 



Memorauda on wine, table, and raisin grapes, F. T. Bioletti 255 



California walnuts, almonds, and chestnuts, G. E. Colby 255 



Quantities of mineral matters and nitrogen in violets grown under glass, 



A. L. Winton 253 



FORESTRY. 



A report of forestry substations, C. H. Shinn 255 



Forestry plantations, J. L. Budd 257 



Timber and shade trees, C. H. Shinn 258 



SEEDS — WEEDS. 



Tests of the vitality of vegetable seeds, E. H. Jenkins 258 



Seed testing: Its importance, history, and some results, C. R. Ball 259 



DISEASES OF PLANTS. 



Report of the mycologist, F. C. Stewart 260 



The mildew of Lima beans, W. C. Sturgis 261 



On the cause and prevention of a fungus disease of the apple, W. C. Sturgis.. 261 



Preliminary investigations on a disease of carnations, W. C. Sturgis 262 



Some diseases of ol i ves, F. T. Bioletti 262 



Alfalfa leaf spot, R. Combs 263 



Report of the botanical department, J. C. Arthur 263 



Report of the bacteriologist, F. C. Harrison 264 



Blight and other plant diseases, C. S. Crandall 266 



Specimens of diseased plants, etc., F. T. Bioletti 267 



Literature of fungus diseases, W. C. Sturgis 267 



On the prevention of leaf blight and leaf spot of celery, W. C. Sturgis 265 



Plum leaf spot, S. A. Beach 265 



Prevention of fungus diseases in cherry orchards, S. A. Beach 265 



Remedy for fungi and insects, C . W. Woodworth - 267 



A steam sterilizer for soils, W. E. Britton 265 



